For many years, double action revolvers like the Smith & Wesson Model 686 were the most popular sidearms for law enforcement. With a DA revolver, you have options, because the trigger has two ...

Pocket Army models. The .32-and .38-cal. Merwin, Hulbert double-action revolvers virtually eclipsed the maker’s earlier single-action spur-trigger models.

In 1877, Colt came out with its first double-action, the medium-frame Lightning. The company immediately followed with the Model 1878, a big-bore, double-action brother to the Single Action Army ...